Chapter 294: Ch.294 What I Want Is Your Respect!
In the apartment...
"This level of strength is impressive, but something still feels off. Is it because the fusion isn't complete, or because Tsunade's suppressants dampened the First's cells' activity?"
Shinji pondered silently.
Unlike the outside world's assumption that he was under immense pressure from Yakumo's impending challenge, he was, at that moment, calmly assessing Yakumo's post-surgery condition in his apartment.
To others, Yakumo—who'd completed the transplant surgery—was a rising star, poised to single-handedly reshape the shinobi academy's hierarchy by toppling its four geniuses one by one.
But in Shinji's eyes, while Yakumo's post-surgery performance was excellent, it lacked a certain wow factor!
He'd been one of the participants in her surgery.
He even understood the First's cells' power better than Yakumo herself. Back then, to suppress those cells, he'd unleashed his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan without holding back, barely managing to subdue them through 'Wazunagi.'
So, in his view, Yakumo—having survived the surgery—should be performing far more spectacularly than she was now.
"Maybe she's still holding back!"
Shinji reined in his thoughts.